The Fund greets and grants the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

The rector of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Anders Paalzow and the deputy Chair of the Sweden-Latvia Cooperation fund, Ambassador Ilze Rūze.

The Sweden-Latvia Cooperation fund, represented by the deputy Chair, Ambassador of Latvia to Sweden, Ilze Rūse, sincerely greeted the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga as it recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

The gift from the fund is directed to the SSE Stockholm Business Lab, a start-up incubator of SSE encouraging entrepreneurship and helping start-ups to accelerate growth. The idea is to provide both SSE Riga students and students from other higher education institutions in Latvia, who are active within the various SSE Riga entrepreneurship activities with opportunities to connect with Swedish students, expertise and Swedish businesses. Furthermore - meetings with Swedish venture capitalists, Swedish industry clusters etc. – all depending on the profiles of the participants.

The grant is SEK 50 000 annually over a three year period, starting in 2025.